Shin's bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 11 Oct 2013 21:27:31 -0700 60 Shin's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg The Stars Shine Down 84054 448 Sidney Sheldon 0006178715 Shin 5 3.71 1992 The Stars Shine Down
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]]> Morning, Noon & Night 84052
Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here]]> 388 Sidney Sheldon 0446602213 Shin 0 to-read 3.68 1995 Morning, Noon & Night
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]]> The Naked Face 300226
Two people close to Dr. Stevens have already been killed. Is one of his patients responsible? Someone overwhelmed by problems? A neurotic driven by compulsion? A madman? Before the murderer strikes again, Stevens must strip away the mask of innocence the criminal wears, uncover his or her inner emotions, fears, and desires, and expose the naked face beneath. But who could it be?]]> 316 Sidney Sheldon 0446321214 Shin 0 to-read 3.57 1970 The Naked Face
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]]> Memories of Midnight 106648
Now, in MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT, the survivors meet to play one last time...

Shadowed by tragedy and burdened by amnesia, a beautiful woman desperately tries to return to reality. She is Catherine Douglas, destined to once again challenge the cruel, charismatic power of Constantin Demiris, the Greek shipping tycoon who murdered Catherine's husband. Now, in the glittering capitals and carefree playgrounds of post-war Europe, Demiris sets his deadly sights on Catherine -- and the single, treacherous secret whose shattering truth is known to her alone...]]> 404 Sidney Sheldon 0446354678 Shin 0 to-read 3.73 1990 Memories of Midnight
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average rating: 3.73
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]]> The Sky is Falling 43327
Her Sarajevo ward Kemal gets expelled, a prosthetic arm, then often naps afternoons under care of kindly new housekeeper. Unseen agents follow her, bug hotel rooms, while an evil mastermind voice overhears taped conversations and supervises regular secret auctions, inviting armed wealthy customers. Witnesses and informants die before, and after meetings. Friends become foes, nobody can be trusted.]]> 399 Sidney Sheldon 0446610178 Shin 0 to-read 3.61 2000 The Sky is Falling
author: Sidney Sheldon
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average rating: 3.61
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]]> A Stranger in the Mirror 115130 352 Sidney Sheldon 0006471250 Shin 0 to-read 3.68 1976 A Stranger in the Mirror
author: Sidney Sheldon
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book published: 1976
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]]> The Best Laid Plans 99610 372 Sidney Sheldon 0446604089 Shin 0 to-read 3.71 1997 The Best Laid Plans
author: Sidney Sheldon
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average rating: 3.71
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]]> The Doomsday Conspiracy 106646
Commander Robert Bellamy of US Naval Intelligence is dispatched on a top secret mission. A weather balloon carrying sensitive military information has crashed in Switzerland. Bellamy must locate the ten witnesses to the incident so that they can be sworn to secrecy.Ìý

But as he conducts his search Bellamy begins to suspect that he, too, is being hunted, by an unknown lethal force, that what he was told about the balloon was only one part of an almost unbelievable happening...Ìý

From Washington to Zurich, Rome and Paris, the story unfolds to reveal Bellamy's past: why the women he loves the most cannot return his love, why his friends become his deadly enemies, and why the world must never learn the incredible secret hidden on the Swiss Alps...Ìý]]> 448 Sidney Sheldon 1568650957 Shin 0 to-read 3.67 1991 The Doomsday Conspiracy
author: Sidney Sheldon
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average rating: 3.67
book published: 1991
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]]> Are You Afraid of the Dark? 43324 The new novel that Sidney Sheldon's millions of fans all over the world have been waiting for. And, like his seventeen previous books, it is destined for a top place on bestseller lists everywhere.

In New York, Denver, Paris and Berlin, four people have died separately in apparent accidents. Two women -- the widows of two of the dead -- find themselves under ruthless attack and are drawn together in fear, confusion and for mutual protection. But are they being targeted because one of them is the prosecution witness at a famous criminal trial? Or is there a connection to the mystery behind their husband's deaths? Meanwhile, Tanner Kingsley,

Chief Executive of an international Think Tank created only seven years ago, is on the cusp of an amazing discovery which could alter the future of the world. If properly handled, the outcome of this could deliver unbelievable power into the company's hands. But are the mysterious deaths connected to this volatile secret? And can it be further protected?

Thrown together, the women could not be more different: Diane Stevens is a well-connected, affluent artist from the Upper East Side. Philadelphia neighbourhood with a new 'uncle' every month, believed she had at last found safety and contentment in Paris, married to a brilliant scientist.

Taut with suspense and vivid characterization, and with an unnervingly realistic premise that could alter our lives, ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK is Sheldon at the top of his form.]]> 401 Sidney Sheldon 0007165161 Shin 0 to-read 3.70 2004 Are You Afraid of the Dark?
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]]> The Sands of Time 119382 Four women - and the men they are forbidden to love.
Megan - the orphan, who feels an overpowering attraction to Jaime.
Lucia - the fiery Sicilian beauty on the run for murder - and Rubio Arzano, the freedom fighter who risks his life to save her.
Teresa - whose guilty conscience finally drives her to betray her friends.
Graciela - who bears a terrible secret that almost destroys her - and the courageous Ricardo who loves her.

From the same author of the books "The Other Side of Midnight", "Rage of Angels", "Bloodline" and "Windmills of the Gods". The book is set in Spain and centres around four nuns and their unwitting involvement with outlawed Basque nationalists and the Spanish Army.]]> 427 Sidney Sheldon 0006174434 Shin 0 to-read 3.78 1985 The Sands of Time
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average rating: 3.78
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]]> Windmills of the Gods 119389 419 Sidney Sheldon 0006174426 Shin 0 to-read 3.88 1987 Windmills of the Gods
author: Sidney Sheldon
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average rating: 3.88
book published: 1987
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]]> Nothing Lasts Forever 43325 Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.

Three young doctors-their hopes, their dreams, their unexpected desires...

Dr. Paige Taylor: She swore it was euthanasia, but when Paige inherited a million dollars from a patient, the D.A. called it murder.

Dr. Kat Hunter: She vowed never to let another man too close again-until she accepted the challenge of a deadly bet.

Dr. Honey Taft: To make it in medicine, she knew she'd need something more than the brains God gave her.

Racing from the life-and-death decisions of a big major hospital to the tension-packed fireworks of a murder trial, Nothing Lasts Forever lays bare the ambitions and fears of healers and killers, lovers and betrayers.]]> 384 Sidney Sheldon 0446354732 Shin 0 to-read 3.87 1994 Nothing Lasts Forever
author: Sidney Sheldon
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average rating: 3.87
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]]> Bloodline 300225
Roffe and Sons is a family firm, an international empire filled with desperate, cash-hungry family members. At its head was one of the wealthiest men in the world, a man who has just died in a mysterious accident and left his only daughter, Elizabeth, in control of the company. Now as this intelligent, tough, and beautiful young woman dares to save -- not sell -- Roffe and Sons, she will have to outwit those who secretly want her power, and the unknown assassin who wants her life.]]> 409 Sidney Sheldon 1568650949 Shin 0 to-read 3.86 1977 Bloodline
author: Sidney Sheldon
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average rating: 3.86
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]]> Rage of Angels 43328 512 Sidney Sheldon 0006178731 Shin 0 to-read 3.96 1980 Rage of Angels
author: Sidney Sheldon
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average rating: 3.96
book published: 1980
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]]> Tell Me Your Dreams 43326
Thus begins Sidney Sheldon's chilling new novel, Tell Me Your Dreams. Three beautiful young women are suspected of committing a series of brutal murders. The police make an arrest that leads to one of the most bizarre murder trials of the century. Based on actual events, Sheldon's novel races from London to Rome to the city of Quebec to San Francisco, with a climax that will leave the reader stunned.]]> 384 Sidney Sheldon 0446607207 Shin 0 to-read 3.99 1998 Tell Me Your Dreams
author: Sidney Sheldon
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]]> <![CDATA[The Other Side of Midnight (Midnight #1)]]> 136167 462 Sidney Sheldon 0440060672 Shin 0 to-read 3.94 1973 The Other Side of Midnight (Midnight #1)
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average rating: 3.94
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]]> Master of the Game 43330 489 Sidney Sheldon 0006472613 Shin 0 to-read 4.14 1982 Master of the Game
author: Sidney Sheldon
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average rating: 4.14
book published: 1982
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]]> <![CDATA[If Tomorrow Comes (Tracy Whitney, #1)]]> 14554 501 Sidney Sheldon 0006479677 Shin 4 4.07 1985 If Tomorrow Comes (Tracy Whitney, #1)
author: Sidney Sheldon
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average rating: 4.07
book published: 1985
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Articles on Alex Cross (Novel Series), Including: Along Came a Spider, Kiss the Girls, Mary, Mary, London Bridges, Cat and Mouse (James Patterson Novel), Jack & Jill (Novel), Pop Goes the Weasel (Novel), Roses Are Red (Novel)]]> 12578817 72 Hephaestus Books 1242815333 Shin 5 4.39 2011 Articles on Alex Cross (Novel Series), Including: Along Came a Spider, Kiss the Girls, Mary, Mary, London Bridges, Cat and Mouse (James Patterson Novel), Jack & Jill (Novel), Pop Goes the Weasel (Novel), Roses Are Red (Novel)
author: Hephaestus Books
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average rating: 4.39
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]]> <![CDATA[An Alex Cross Omnibus: Cat and Mouse & Pop Goes the Weasel]]> 1284062
In CAT AND MOUSE, Alex Cross is called to Union Station train terminal a man is on the loose, firing at random into the swarming crowds of travellers. Psychopath Gary Soneji seems determined to go down in a blaze of glory, and he wants Alex Cross to be there. Will this be the final showdown?

In POP GOES THE WEASEL, the mounting numbers of bodies threatens to spiral out of control with the murder of yet another Jane Doe. Alex Cross must work alone to find a dangerous and clever killer with the perfect cover, someone beyond suspicion and almost impossible to track down...]]> 480 James Patterson 075534345X Shin 5 4.37 2008 An Alex Cross Omnibus: Cat and Mouse & Pop Goes the Weasel
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average rating: 4.37
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]]> <![CDATA[Four Blind Mice (Alex Cross, #8)]]> 53625
Drawing on their years of street training and an almost telepathic mutual trust, Cross and Sampson go deep behind military lines to confront the most terrifying-and deadly-killers they have ever encountered.

On his visits home, Alex must confront another, more harrowing mystery: what's the matter with Nana Mama?]]> 416 James Patterson 0747266921 Shin 4 4.01 2002 Four Blind Mice (Alex Cross, #8)
author: James Patterson
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average rating: 4.01
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Violets Are Blue (Alex Cross, #7)]]> 79379 Detective Alex Cross must confront his most terrifying nemesis ever-and his own deepest fears-in this electrifying new thriller from the master of suspense, James Patterson. Alex Cross has never believed in vampires. But when two joggers are found slain in a manner that suggests a macabre ritual, he has to reconsider. Someone believes in vampires enough to have committed a series of bizarre murders that appear to be the work of one. Local police are horrified, and even the FBI is baffled.

Cross takes on the case and plunges into a netherworld of secret clubs and role-players, a world full of poseurs and playactors-and someone demented enough to have crossed the line from dark ritual to real blood. At the same time, a lethal super-criminal from Cross's past known as the Mastermind is stalking him, taunting him, and threatening everything he holds dear. Cross has never been closer to defeat, or in greater danger. In a shocking conclusion, Alex Cross must survive a deadly confrontation-only to discover at last the awful secret of the Mastermind.

]]> 391 James Patterson 0446611212 Shin 5 3.97 2001 Violets Are Blue (Alex Cross, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[Roses Are Red (Alex Cross, #6)]]> 79378 In this heart-pounding but touchingly romantic thriller, Detective Alex Cross pursues the most complex and brilliant killer he's ever confronted - mysterious criminal who calls himself the Mastermind. In a series of crimes that has stunned Washington, D.C., bank robbers have been laying out precise demands when they enter the building - and then killing the bank employees and their families if those instructions are not followed to the letter.

Detective Alex Cross takes on the case, certain that this is no ordinary bank robber at work - the pathological need for control and perfection is too great. Cross is in the midst of a personal crisis at home, but the case becomes all-consuming as he learns that the Mastermind is plotting one huge, last, perfect crime.

]]> 416 James Patterson 0446605484 Shin 4 4.05 2000 Roses Are Red (Alex Cross, #6)
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average rating: 4.05
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]]> <![CDATA[Pop Goes the Weasel (Alex Cross, #5)]]> 13143 461 James Patterson 0446608815 Shin 4 4.01 1999 Pop Goes the Weasel (Alex Cross, #5)
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average rating: 4.01
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]]> Cat & Mouse (Alex Cross, #4) 21436
Out of prison and dying from the AIDS virus he contracted there, Soneji wants revenge on Cross before he dies.

There's more. We are introduced to a new pair of rivals whose paths cross those of Cross and Soneji. Thomas Augustine Pierce has been chasing his demon, Mr. Smith, since the savage murder of his fiancée. Smith is a unique monster, with interactions between him and his victims so insane, so unimaginable, that he is thought of as "not of the earth." Pierce, known in the business as St. Augustine because of his track record for catching killers and his invaluable status to the FBI and Interpol, may even be better than Cross. When things heat up and Alex is in a near-death coma following a strange attack, Pierce goes to Washington to help investigate. But then he is summoned to Paris with a postcard from Smith inviting him to a very special killing.

The body count is high, the tension the highest, and the two killers on the loose are watching every move their pursuers make. Who is the cat, and who is the mouse? What and where is the final trap? And who survives?]]> 416 James Patterson Shin 4 4.01 1997 Cat & Mouse (Alex Cross, #4)
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average rating: 4.01
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]]> <![CDATA[London Bridges (Alex Cross, #10)]]> 13151
Minutes after soldiers evacuate a Nevada town, a bomb completely destroys it. On vacation, FBI agent Alex Cross gets the call: the blast was perpetrated by the Wolf. A supercriminal and Cross's deadliest nemesis, the Wolf threatens to obliterate major cities, including London, Paris, and New York. Then evidence reveals the involvement of a ruthless assassin known as the Weasel. Could these two dark geniuses be working together? Now with just four days to prevent an unimaginable cataclysm, Cross is catapulted into an international chase of astonishing danger --- and toward the explosive truth about the Wolf's identity, a revelation that Cross may not survive.]]> 403 James Patterson 0446613355 Shin 4 3.94 2004 London Bridges (Alex Cross, #10)
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average rating: 3.94
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]]> Jack & Jill (Alex Cross, #3) 13140
Meanwhile, Washington, D. C., homicide detective Alex Cross is called to a murder scene only blocks from his house. Far from the corridors of power where he spends his days. The victim: a beautiful little girl, savagely beaten--and deposited in front of the elementary school Cross's son, Damon, attends.

Could there be a connection between the murders? As Cross tries to put the pieces together, the killer - or killers - strike again. And again. No one in Washington is safe - not children, not politicians, not even the President of the United States. Only Cross has the skills and the courage to crack the case, but will he discover the truth in time?

A relentless roller coaster of heart-pounding suspense and jolting plot twists, 'Jack and Jill' proves that no one can write a more compelling thriller than James Patterson--the master of the nonstop nightmare.]]> 466 James Patterson 0446692654 Shin 5 3.98 1996 Jack & Jill (Alex Cross, #3)
author: James Patterson
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average rating: 3.98
book published: 1996
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]]> Mary, Mary (Alex Cross, #11) 84736 Right from the beginning, this case is like nothing Alex has ever been confronted with before. Is this the plan of an obsessed fan or a spurned actor, or is it part of something much more frightening? Now members of Hollywood's A-list fear they're next on Mary's list, and the case grows by blockbuster proportions as the LAPD and FBI scramble to find a pattern before Mary can send one more chilling update.

]]> 413 James Patterson 0446619035 Shin 4 3.97 2005 Mary, Mary (Alex Cross, #11)
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average rating: 3.97
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]]> <![CDATA[Kiss the Girls (Alex Cross, #2)]]> 13148
In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed.

In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears.

And in Washington D.C., Cross needs to find the solution to the most baffling and terrifying murder case ever. Two clever pattern killers are collaborating, cooperating, competing - and they are working coast to coast. Is Alex Cross up to the challenge?]]> 481 James Patterson 0446677388 Shin 5 3.99 1995 Kiss the Girls (Alex Cross, #2)
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]]> Bared to You (Crossfire, #1) 13572249 "Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness."
""
He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily
Gideon "knew." He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each others most private wounds and desires.
The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didn't tear us apart "]]> 338 Sylvia Day 0425263908 Shin 5 4.22 2012 Bared to You (Crossfire, #1)
author: Sylvia Day
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average rating: 4.22
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]]> <![CDATA[Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades, #3)]]> 13536860
Now, Ana and Christian have it all—love, passion, intimacy, wealth, and a world of possibilities for their future.ÌýBut Ana knows that loving her Fifty Shades will not be easy, and that being together will pose challenges that neither of them would anticipate.ÌýAna must somehow learn to share Christian’s opulent lifestyle without sacrificing her own identity. And Christian must overcome his compulsion to control as he wrestles with the demons of a tormented past.

Just when it seems that their strength together will eclipse any obstacle, misfortune, malice, and fate conspire to make Ana’s deepest fears turn to reality.

This book is intended for mature audiences.]]> 579 E.L. James 0345803507 Shin 5 3.83 2012 Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #2)]]> 11857408 Fifty Shades Darker is the irresistibly addictive second part of the Fifty Shades trilogy.]]> 532 E.L. James 1612130585 Shin 5 3.84 2011 Fifty Shades Darker (Fifty Shades, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)]]> 10818853 Ìý
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.

Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

This book is intended for mature audiences.]]> 356 E.L. James 1612130291 Shin 5 3.68 2011 Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, #1)]]> 13145
Gary Soneji wants to commit the crime of the century. Alex Cross is the brilliant homicide detective pitted against him. Jezzie Flanagan is the first female supervisor of the Secret Service. They complete one of the most unusual suspense triangles in any thriller you have ever read.

Alex and Jezzie are about to have a forbidden love affair—at the worst possible time for both of them. Because Gary Soneji is playing at the top of his game. The latest of the unspeakable crimes happens in Alex Cross's precinct and it happens under the nose of Jezzie and her men.

Alex faces the ultimate test: how do you outmaneuver a brilliant psychopath?]]> 449 James Patterson 0446692638 Shin 5 4.13 1993 Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, #1)
author: James Patterson
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average rating: 4.13
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